https://sonicstate.com/news/ First and fastest for hi-tech music news. Great coverage of the major events, plus plenty of video content.Copyright 2026, Sonic State Ltd. Acustica describes SALT 2 as a next-generation hybrid mixing EQ that brings togethe...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/16/acustica-releases-salt-2/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT AEA Ribbon Mics has announced the NUVO Flight, a bundled ribbon microphone kit that...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/16/full-range-active-ribbon-microphone-kit/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Universal Audio, Inc. (UA), has announced UAD Explore FREE, a new plug-in bundle de...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/16/free-universal-audio-plugins/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Guests

• Gaz Williams - M...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/podcast-sonictalk-889-beardyman-clapp-casio-uvi-library/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:54:51 GMT Softube has introduced Flow Studio. They say that, combining album-ready signal cha...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/softube-releases-flow-studio/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:01:00 GMT LØSTLVLS has a new sample pack out which is kind of a love letter to the TASCAM Portastudio 424 MkII.  https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/lstlvls-portastudio-sample-pack-/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:23:27 GMT Hainbach has released a new plugin with Audio Thing that emulates a Brüel & Kjaer 1613, a 2kg piece of test gear ...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/hainbach-and-audio-thing-octaves-bandpass-filter/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:46:13 GMT Nardwuar the human Serviette is back for a half hour chat with David Byrne. It's another excellent foray into th...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/david-byrne-with-nardwuar/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:55:45 GMT At this point, there is a good chace I've written more articles about https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/sting-updated-again-/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:39:07 GMT Waves Audio has announced a major update to its Sync Vx vocal alignment plugin, exp...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/vocal-alignment-for-all-major-daws/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Orra Audio has released Tone Zone, a free tool curve corrector. This is what they h...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/-free-tonal-curve-corrector/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Old Blood Noise Endeavors tells us that, building on their legacy of backwards sounds, as shown in o...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/reverse-delay-pedal/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Sampleson has announced Boomcha, a new app and plugin that they say turns simp...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/a-real-drummer-inside-your-daw/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Fiedler Audio has unveiled armada, which they describe as a powerful new plug-in wr...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/15/use-vst3-plug-ins-in-immersive-format/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Time Exile is known for his unique and performative approach to creating music, instruments and creative tools.
  ...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/tim-exile-has-a-new-tool-cooking/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:42:44 GMT Windows for many years was the platform of choice for the vast majority of people, until Apple came along in the mid-...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/musicians-guide-to-leaving-windows/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:16:49 GMT We looked at the Kodamo Mask 1 synthesizer a couple of years back and were impressed with its s...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/kodamo-mask-1ex-mk2-desktop-bitmask/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:35:36 GMT At this year's SynthFest France (April 17-19 2026), the Liquid Sky artist collective https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/liquid-sky-d-vices-smudgetizer-pro-launches/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:56:40 GMT Celemony describes Tonalic as the plug-in from that brings real performances b...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/first-library-update-for-tonalic/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:01:00 GMT Asha Bhosle passed awa...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/asha-bhosles-greatest-recordings/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:46:53 GMT UDO has posted a video of their https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/udo-dmno-in-action/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT NUGEN Audio has released Halo Vision v1.2, which they describe as a significant upd...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/nugen-audio-updates-halo-vision/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT  ADDAC System has announced two new creative utilities designed to extend CV-based possibilitie...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/two-eurorack-creative-utilities/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT CME has announced the release of WIDI firmware v2.6.0, a major update that signific...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/14/cme-introduces-low-jitter-wireless-midi/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Paulee takes a look at a  new Michigan Synth Works 820 which is a sequel to the MSW 810 which r...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/13/soniclab-michigan-synth-works-msw-820-synth-voice/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:30:17 GMT You'll be kicking yourself in the nether-regions if you've (like me) spent cumulative hours slowly tracing PCB circui...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/13/easily-find-pcb-traces-/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:26:40 GMT Merging Technologies has announced the release of Pyramix 16, which they describe a...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/13/merging-technologies-announces-pyramix-16/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:18:39 GMT AAS says that Objeq Delay 2 is where modulation meets acoustic resonance in ways no...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/13/aas-releases-objeq-delay-2/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:44:48 GMT Sonuscore has announced LUX Orchestral Strings Elements, a free version of LUX Orch...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/13/free-strings-virtual-instrument/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Coachella is starting this weekend, and they're fully integrating with Youtube so you can watch LIVE from the comfort...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/live-from-coachella/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:50:33 GMT Forty years on from the release of their Victorialand album, https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/greatest-cocteau-twins-songs/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:21:30 GMT The second episode of our new Sonic RETROCAST podcast - welcome to the Sonic RETROCAST  a companion show to Soni...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/podcast-sonic-retrocast-2-anders-enger-jensen/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:04:28 GMT Plugin Alliance have announced a free update for everyone - with what they call the first major product portfoli...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/major-plugin-alliance-product-updates/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:40:47 GMT Musik Hack has rolled out a major update to SweetEQ with new features that they say...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/musik-hack-updates-sweeteq/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:01:00 GMT Reason Studios has announced Reason 14, the latest version of its flagship digital ...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/reason-studios-introduces-reason-14-/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT UVI has released Vintage Vault 5, the latest and most expansive edition of its flag...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/comprehensive-vintage-synthesis-library/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Bastl describes Déjà Vu as a Swiss knife for your Eurorack System that adds fader c...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/a-swiss-army-knife-for-eurorack-systems/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT UJAM, the German audio plugin developer, has opened up the platform behind its own products to third...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/ujam-opens-gorilla-engine-to-third-party-developers/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Sinevibes has released Duality, which they describe asa hybrid vibrato effect for M...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/-sinevibes-releases-duality-hybrid-vibrato/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT Drum Workshop, Inc. (DW) has expanded its premium virtual studio instrument and drum sample library,...]]> https://sonicstate.com/news/2026/04/10/dw-soundworks-launches-metal-legacy-2/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:01:00 GMT